To:THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE FOOD COMMISSARIAT

Published:First published in 1924 in the book: A. Vinogradov,Iz vospominanii o V. I. Lenine(From Recollections of V. I. Lenin), Vesyegonsk.

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27. II. 1920

ComradeVinogradov, Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Vesyegonsk Teachers’ Union, has presented the
attached
petition.[1]

Thecrux of the matter is that the Vesyegonsk Uyezd
Food Committee beinstructedto issue to the teachers (about
500 in the uyezd) an increased ration of bread and potatoes
plus footwear or leather.

Bothfrom local stocks—theuyezd hassurpluses.

Pleasemake the necessary inquiriestoday(the comrade
has to leave tomorrow) and give me a reply by telephone
(in the eveningwe shall decidethe matter in the Council
of Defence).

[1]Thisrefers to the “Mandate to Comrade Vinogradov, delegate
from the Second Vesyegonsk Uyezd Congress of workers engaged
in education and socialist culture”, =

which dealt with the grave
material plight of the school staffs. On February 27, 1920,
Vinogradov was received by Lenin. During their talk, which
lasted 45 minutes, Lenin wrote the present letter. A favourable
decision was reached in regard to improving the material position
of the Vesyegonsk teachers.